Private security are not allowed to be armed and may not be privy to high level security intel from the intelligence agencies. The level of security that Harry is apparently seeking, that he wishes to pay for, is from what I’ve read, unprecedented as it’s not something any private citizen can just rock up and just pay for. Harry clearly believes that there is a credible threat apparently there was some sort of incident fairly recently and he feels that he must protect Meghan and his children. But if he receives tax payer funded protection, some of the public will be up in arms against this as he’s supposed to have stepped back from official duties and, for all intents and purposes, is now a private citizen. But at the same time, he is requiring a high level of armed protection that are usually reserved for royalty and diplomatic protection of high profile royals, state figures, diplomats, and foreign diplomats etc. and he wants to pay for it which I believe would set a legal precedent.
I understand all of that but still don’t understand the concept that if intelligence was such that there was an imminent risk, they would just shrug their shoulders and go ‘oh well, that’s that then’ as that doesn’t seem to be doing their job, be it Harry visiting from the US, the US President visiting, Mariah Carey visiting or Joe Bloggs at number 23 Dowling St. Are you saying that if intelligence determined there was a credible imminent threat, they wouldn’t bother, and he is then only left with unarmed protection in that instance?
I’d have also thought that if there was a credible threat detected by intelligence services, it would have been acted up on, but it wouldn’t be the first time that something that could have been prevented if there were experienced and armed security personnel present. Who knows if Diana would have entered that car, whilst being chased by paparazzi, if she was told not to do so by an armed royal protection officer? The question is, why even take that risk?
That comparison makes little sense. There was no threat to Diana as such, lots of superstars have to deal with paparazzi. The problem was she got into a car driven by a drunk driver. You are saying any normal security protection they would have had couldn’t have told her not to get in the car with a drunk driver, only armed Royal protection officers can tell people not to get in a car with a drunk driver?